23 - Crazy Cat Shuffle

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Crazy Cat Shuffle
When: September 20
Where: Shibuya & Ikebukuro, as well as the Far Shore
Summary: The new Crazy Cat mascot keychains are sparking real passion in Tokyo's hot spots. Brawls have broken out over the extra-rare versions, and all of this angst is attracting ayakashi. The gods have been asked to step in before things get out of control.







Crossing Crisis

The Shibuya scramble crossing is always busy, but it's especially wild today. Ten new Crazy Cat vending machines have been installed at the mouth of the alley across from Shibuya Station's exit. Rumors are flying that these machines have extra Blue-Star Cats in them: the very rarest kind! A crowd of hundreds of excited fans have gathered, but the people at the front of the lines are buying lots of cats, and the mood is starting to grow sour as the people at the back of the lines begin to wonder if there will be any left by the time it's their turn.

This crowd needs crossing guards... or just someone who can snag some of those ultra-rare Cats and sell them to the back of the line for crazy cash. Everything a god does is righteous, after all.

Sunshine Struggle

Crazy Cat machines dot the Sunshine City complex in Ikebukuro. The machines here are attracting some particularly nasty ayakashi: jealous little purple creatures with too many legs that stoke buyers' envy and need for more and better collectibles. Under their influence, it's not just the Cats going fast. The local stores are selling out of everything cute on the shelves.

Worse, some of the ayakashi victims are turning to theft when they run out of pocket money. Time to exterminate those bugs before they start a new crime wave.

Taking Stock

Accident? Sabotage? No one's telling, but a delivery truck carrying boxes of new keychains to restock the machines blew a tire and overturned on a major street. Under the influence of those greedy little ayakashi, collectors are descending on the wreck to snag their favorites before the police show up.

The dazed driver doesn't know what to do, the crowd is starting to get violent, and those Cats do look amazingly cute. And appealing. And, for that matter, valuable.

Bad Kitty

The cat keychains are super cute! Even gods or shinki might be tempted to buy one and take it home, but taking these keychains back to the Far Shore will give away their hidden secret. It's not just human envy that's attracting ayakashi to the Crazy Cats. There are ayakashi hiding inside this batch of cute kitty dolls, and bringing them through a shrine to the Far Shore will force the hidden creatures out of their plushie prisons.

They're big, they're mad, and they're hungry. And the Heavens are full of souls that smell delicious.

The ayakashi escaping from Crazy Cat dolls on the Far Shore resemble gigantic (taller than a person at the shoulder) versions of the cute plushie cats, with very real and sharp teeth and claws. They run and attack at random once released from the dolls, so even gods and shinki who did not bring the toys back could be faced with a fight. The patrolling shinki will do their best to hold them back with borderlines, but they need help to rend these crazy cats before they do too much damage!

In Summary:

• Placate the crowds
• Squash bitty ayakashi
• Struggle with temptation
• Defeat the cat invasion
• Have fun~

Comments

[in_praetego]

[ Takuma how did memes even factor into this?! But he's a resourceful boy. Even if the bullets are foam, he isn't about to discard them completely. ]

I know people go crazy over fads! But didn't you notice how violently they were acting? It seemed almost unna--

[ His sentence was cut by having to dodge an incoming swipe. The ayakashi lets out a sharp hiss as another gachapon pod hits it right on the nose. ]

...can you manage to do something I can cast Ravage with?!

[katanas_and_tea]

[People do violent and stupid things for memes, Yukio. Get with the times!]

I noticed, but I didn't think too much of it. I'm sorry...it was an oversight. I'm still new to this world.

[The only information he got so far was from magazines and the internet. So fads was all he really knew at the moment since those were easiest to find.

He lets out a sigh and concentrates again on the battle.]

Ravage? What is that?

[in_praetego]

[ He can't stay that mad, especially when Takuma's proven himself a couple of times. In a way, that carelessness was almost like Rin - trouble brought along because he meant well. ]

We both are... it's fine.

[ He kicks one of the ayakashi's paws away, leading them toward the center of the courtyard. At least that'll give them more room. ]

You remember what happened when I finished off the first ayakashi we took down together? That. I need something more dangerous than... than... [ There is an audible clunk as another gachapon egg hits one of the ayakashi in the eye. ] THAT!

1/2

[katanas_and_tea]

Alright! I can try to do something more

[He closes his eyes and concentrates on the bullets coming out of him. He tries to put his willpower inside of his bullet chamber and...

AND...!

pop!

The next bullet that comes out is...!]

2/2

[katanas_and_tea]

[Still a gachapon egg.

Sorry Yuki. You've got 24 hours of this to look forward to.]

I tried. It's no use. You would probably be better off using Edge-kun

[in_praetego]

[ ....you tried, Takuma.

There's a click of his tongue at that. The one thing Takuma has going for him is that his wielder is used to his form. While Edge is more effective, he doesn't quite trust his skill with a blade. ]

It's fine. At least the capsules distract the ayakashi enough...

[ He's bonking another in the nose though. trying to drive it back from the main building. ]

We can hold out for a while longer.